[Danae]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks.

Tuesday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is a big victory for Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable company. It had challenged the FCC's authority to impose so called "net neutrality" obligations.

It marks a serious setback for the FCC, which needs authority to regulate the Internet in order to push ahead with key parts of its massive national broadband plan.

This is a setback I can believe in.

[concerned about politics]

It marks a serious setback for the FCC, which needs authority to regulate the Internet

This is their ultimate goal. The rest is spin.

[Dan Nunn]

I’m generally OK with the idea of Net Neutrality, but the FCC wasn’t the way to go about it.

While I am a free market capitalist, the requirements to treat all data equally would fall mainly on companies that experience a government-sanctioned monopoly or duopoly. Where I live, I’ve got two choices for broadband: Verizon DSL or Atlantic Broadband cable. I’m very happy with Verizon DSL, but if they started limiting my access to resources, I would only have one other method of recourse. Many have fewer than I do.

[ConjunctionJunction]

This is a setback I can believe in.

Me, too!

[matthew fuller]

"It marks a serious setback for the FCC, which needs authority to regulate the Internet in order to push ahead with key parts of its massive national broadband plan. "

It marks a serious setback for the FCC, which needs authority to regulate the Internet in order to push ahead with key parts of its massive national socialist agenda.

[unixfox]

This is a setback I can believe in.

It is for now.

Always remember, tyrants NEVER sleep and neither should we.